How to Install and Uninstall coreutils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "coreutils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install coreutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                coreutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "coreutils" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall coreutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                coreutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the coreutils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: coreutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.32-4ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Stone
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8248
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.44), libc6 (>= 2.32), libgmp10, libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Filename: pool/main/c/coreutils/coreutils_8.32-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1353100
MD5sum: 1818b348429f95bffb99fe80bf965b5c
SHA1: d56d97d420f317d7988e77e957bce95c630bc20a
SHA256: 1c04fd5a7d4f343beed3b56e37c105f5dffbc58728ab3a6d6bd05bfab8ab289c
SHA512: b2ef6a601307cadfcd6bf072e59a306d54267294bdd635fab44f70b0cdccb871b64c15644fac0fdd342e4a1eb19145f155588ba97ede04ba683d5bf72c9995c4
Homepage: http://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Description-en: GNU core utilities
This package contains the basic file, shell and text manipulation
utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system.
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Specifically, this package includes:
arch base64 basename cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum comm cp
csplit cut date dd df dir dircolors dirname du echo env expand expr
factor false flock fmt fold groups head hostid id install join link ln
logname ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv nice nl nohup nproc numfmt
od paste pathchk pinky pr printenv printf ptx pwd readlink realpath rm
rmdir runcon sha*sum seq shred sleep sort split stat stty sum sync tac
tail tee test timeout touch tr true truncate tsort tty uname unexpand
uniq unlink users vdir wc who whoami yes
Description-md5: d0d975dec3625409d24be1238cede238
Task: minimal